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Table of Contents:

Contributors
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Acute and Chronic Pain
1 Migraine 1
2 Cluster Headache and Paroxysmal Hemicrania 17
3 Tension-Type Headache 23
4 Medication Overuse Headache 31
5 Other Forms of Headache 37
6 Hormone-Sensitive Headache in Women 47
7 Atypical Facial Pain 59
8 Trigeminal and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia 67
9 Postlumbar Puncture Headache Syndrome 77
10 Whiplash Injury 83
11 Acute and Chronic Pain 95
Cranial Nerves and Brain Stem
12 Optic Nerve Lesions 115
13 Ocular Motor Disorders 125
14 Idiopathic (Bell's) Facial Palsy 135
15 Dizziness and Vertigo 139
16 Tinnitus 165
17 Anosmia, Ageusia, and Other Disorders of Chemosensation 171
18 Hiccup 185
Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders
19 Sleep and Its Disorders 191
20 The Epilepsis 207
21 Surgical Therapy of Epilepsy 235
22 Dysarthria and Dysphonia 245
23 Dysphagia 249
24 Disorders of Higher Visual Function 255
25 Aphasia 265
26 Disorders of Spatial Orientation 277
27 Memory: Disturbances and Therapy 287
28 Delirium 303
29 Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia 311
Cerebrovascular Disorders
30 Acute Ischemic Stroke 327
31 Prevention of Stroke 349
32 Microangiopathic Diseases of the Brain 363
33 Brain Embolism 373
34 Spinal Cord Ischemia 393
35 Therapy of Intracerebral Hemorrhage 403
36 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 421
37 Cerebral Venous and Sinus Thrombosis 447
38 The Vasculitides 461
39 Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica 475
40 Interventional Neuroradiology in the Brain, Head, and Neck Region 481
41 Vascular Malformations and Interventional Neuroradiology of the Spinal Cord 517
Infections and Inflammatory Diseases
42 Bacterial Infections 529
43 Brain and Spinal Cord Abscess 545
44 Tuberculous Meningitis 559
45 Neurosarcoidosis 567
46 Neurosyphilis 575
47 Lyme Neuroborreliosis, Leptospirosis and Relapsing Fever 583
48 Parasitic Infections 595
49 Acute Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System 601
50 Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System 615
51 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infections - Neurological Manifestations 623
52 Tropical Neurology 647
53 Multiple Sclerosis 677
54 Prion Diseases 707
Intensive Care in Neurology
55 Critical Care Neurology 721
56 Increased Intracranial Pressure 749
57 Traumatic Brain Injury 765
58 Malignant Hyperthermia and Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome 783
59 Acute Intoxications 791
60 Hydrocephalus 805
Tumors and Developmental Disorders
61 Palliative Care in the Terminal Stage of Neurological Diseases 813
62 Primary Tumors of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System 827
63 Primary and Secondary Lymphoma of the Central Nervous System 865
64 Brain Metastases from Systemic Solid Tumors 881
65 Leptomeningeal Metastasis 897
66 Paraneoplastic Syndromes 911
67 Pseudotumor Cerebri (Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension) 921
68 The Syndromes of Spinal Cord Dysfunction 925
69 Syringomyelia and Syringobulbia 939
70 Malformations and Neurocutaneous Disorders 947
Metabolic and Progressive Disorders
71 Acute and Chronic Alcohol-Related Disorders 971
72 Metabolic and Toxic Encephalopathies 991
73 Inherited and Noninherited Ataxias 1011
Movement Disorders
74 Parkinsonism 1021
75 Atypical Parkinsonism 1081
76 Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders 1099
77 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 1113
78 Dyskinesias 1123
79 Huntington's Disease and Sydenham's Chorea 1149
80 Wilson's Disease 1157
81 Upper and Lower Motor Neuron Disorders 1165
82 Restless Legs Syndrome 1177
83 Rehabilitation of Motor Function 1185
84 Neural Prostheses 1199
85 Myoclonus 1221
86 Tremor 1233
87 The Syndrome of Spastic Paresis 1247
Muscle and Peripheral Nervous System
88 Inflammatory and Infectious Polyneuropathy 1259
89 Noninflammatory Polyneuropathy 1281
90 Disorders of Nerve Roots Caused by Bony and Disk Diseases 1289
91 Compression Neuropathies of Peripheral Nerves and Compartment Syndromes 1303
92 Nerve Injury 1325
93 Delayed Radiotherapy Injury 1337
94 Therapy of Myasthenia Gravis and Myasthenic Syndromes 1341
95 Inflammatory Myopathies 1363
96 Myopathies 1369
97 Metabolic Myopathies 1385
98 Myotonias 1407
99 Dyskalemic Periodic Paralyses 1413
100 Cramps 1421
101 Muscle Stiffness 1429
Endocrine and Autonomic Function
102 Neuroendocrine Disorders 1435
103 Autonomic Dysfunction 1453
104 Neurogenic Disorders of Micturition, Defecation, and Sexual Function 1479
105 Syncope 1495
Neurological Side Effects of Therapy
106 Neurological and General Side Effects of Drug Therapy 1507
Molecular Genetics of Neurological Disorders
107 Molecular Genetic Diagnosis of Neurological Diseases 1525
Index 1539